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The 20 countries to put on your travel list for 2026

Find new charm in the familiar, or forge a fresh trail. Here are the under-the-radar nations and re-emerging classics set to define travel in 2026.

  • Ute Junker
San Salvador’s historic centre.

This notorious country now deserves to be on your travel radar

Previously “the murder capital of the world”, this Central American country is now rated no more dangerous than Bali or Thailand.

  • Steve Madgwick
In bloom ... a woman carries a basket of flowers for sale in San Salvador, the capital of El Salvador.

What a swell party this is

Matthew Hall explores the waves, mountains and villages of one of Central America's hidden beauties.

The Champagne Pool, Waiotapu Thermal Wonderland, south of Rotorua.

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